2024
Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment
Zhang S, Breitner S, de' Donato F, Stafoggia M, Nikolaou N, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2024, 46: 101049. PMID: 39290807, PMCID: PMC11406445, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase-crossover studyRelative riskImprove public health practiceConditional quasi-Poisson regressionAssociated with increased mortality riskPublic health practiceRandom-effects meta-analysisQuasi-Poisson regressionHeat-related health impactsDistrict-level characteristicsSmall area dataHealth practicesRespiratory mortalityAssociated with increased mortalityPotential individual-Cardiopulmonary mortalityMortality riskRespiratory deathsSub-causesVulnerability factorsMeta-regressionHealth impactsRural areasMeta-analysisSubgroup analysis
2023
Temporal variation in the association between temperature and cause-specific mortality in 15 German cities
Rai M, Breitner S, Huber V, Zhang S, Peters A, Schneider A. Temporal variation in the association between temperature and cause-specific mortality in 15 German cities. Environmental Research 2023, 229: 115668. PMID: 36958378, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCVD mortalityNon-accidentalRelative riskMortality riskAge- and sex-stratified analysesMultivariate meta-analytic modelsCause-specific mortalitySex-stratified analysesAge groupsTemperature-mortality associationsRD mortalityYounger age groupsOlder age groupsMeta-analytic modelCold-relatedStudy periodRD deathsMortalityAssociationRiskTemperature percentileHeat-related risksCVDGerman citiesTime series analysis